Thinning of the Antarctic Peninsula lithosphere through the Mesozoic: Evidence from Middle Jurassic basaltic lavas

Lithos

Volumn 67, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 163-179

  Riley, Teal R ^a   Leat, Philip T ^a   Kelley, Simon P ^b   Millar, Ian L ^a   Thirlwall, Matthew F ^c  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basalt; Continental margin; Geochemistry; Rhyolite

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; BASALT; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MESOZOIC; RHYOLITE; VOLCANISM;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; JASON PENINSULA;

EID: 0037376705     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-4937(02)00266-9     Document Type: Article

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